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Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (407 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674054318
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish Renaissance in the Russian RevolutionDDC classification:
  • 305.892/404709041
LOC classification:
  • DS134
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. The Time for Words Has Passed -- 2. The Constitution of Culture -- 3. Unfettering Hebrew and Yiddish Culture -- 4. To Make Our Masses Intellectual -- 5. The Liberation of the Jewish Individual -- 6. The Imperatives of Revolution -- 7. Making Jewish Culture Bolshevik -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Illustrations.
Summary: Between 1917 and 1921, Jewish intellectuals and writers across the Russian empire pursued a "Jewish renaissance." Here is a revisionist argument about the nature of cultural nationalism, the relationship between nationalism and socialism, and culture itself--the pivot point for the encounter between Jews and European modernity over the past century.
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Intro -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. The Time for Words Has Passed -- 2. The Constitution of Culture -- 3. Unfettering Hebrew and Yiddish Culture -- 4. To Make Our Masses Intellectual -- 5. The Liberation of the Jewish Individual -- 6. The Imperatives of Revolution -- 7. Making Jewish Culture Bolshevik -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Illustrations.

Between 1917 and 1921, Jewish intellectuals and writers across the Russian empire pursued a "Jewish renaissance." Here is a revisionist argument about the nature of cultural nationalism, the relationship between nationalism and socialism, and culture itself--the pivot point for the encounter between Jews and European modernity over the past century.

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